ܡܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew מִין (mîn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmi.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈmi.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܡܝܢܐ (mīnā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ)

  1. race, stock, family
Inflection

Etymology 2

From ܡܝܐ (mayyā, water) + the adjectival ending ܢܐ- (-ānā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [majˈjɑ.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [majˈjɑ.ne] (plural)

Adjective

ܡܝܢܐ (mayyānā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܝܢܝܬܐ)

  1. watery, aqueous
Inflection

Irregular feminine forms with a Yodh following Noon.

Derived terms
  • ܡܝܢܘܬܐ (mayyānūṯā)
  • ܡܝܢܝܐ (mayyānāyā)
  • ܡܝܢܝܘܬܐ (mayyānāyūṯā)

References

  • myn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 181b, 182a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 269b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 753a
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